Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, Rajasthan.
Considering the importance of vegetable sector in the Indian economy, the growth performance of vegetable crops has been studied in the state of Rajasthan. Looking to the varied climate in the state, zonal level studies have been undertake with the specific objective of studying growth in area, production and productivity of vegetable crops. Compound growth rates have been used to estimate the growth rates for the period 1980–81 to 2002–03. The estimated growth rates have revealed a wider variability inproductivity of vegetable corps than growth in area under vegetable crops. Peas, tinda, onion, bottle gourd, bitter gourd, and guar phali are some of the important crops which have shown good performance in the state. The performance of Zone IIIB has been found best in vegetable products. Considering wider variability in area than production and productivity of vegetable crops, the study has suggested that efforts should be made to stabilize area so as to improve value productivity in the state.
